• Registered Midwife (2011)
• MSc in Healthcare Management (with Merit, 2023)
• Member of the Royal College of Midwives
• Member of the Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Qualified Newborn Life Support practitioner (NLS, 2021)
• Hypnobirthing Diploma and qualified Hypnobirthing teacher (2015)
• Examination Of The Newborn (CPD, Level 7, 2014)
• Midwifery practice assessor and supervisor for student Midwives
• Preceptor for newly qualified Midwives entering practice
• Edward Jenner Leadership Award (2017)
• The Mary Seacole Leadership award (Distinction, 2018)
• The Florence Nightingale Foundation Leadership Award, QI project in Health Inequalities(2023)
• Leadership To Improve The Patient Experience (CPD, Level 7, 2018)

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I work as part of the Senior Leadership Team at a large tertiary referral maternity unit that is a well-respected Maternal Medicine Network Centre and provides the highest level care to the sickest and most pre-term infants. My midwifery experience covers working in Scotland, Rural Africa and England(including London).

I have significant midwifery experience in all maternity disciplines, including the highly respected role of Maternity Unit Coordinator and emergency bleep holder. I have a strong clinical skill set which enabled me to become an integral part of the clinical multidisciplinary team, including participation in, and leading, emergencies and clinical decision making, with a particularly strong focus on managing safety in a busy and high-risk labour ward.

I maintain my Continuous Professional Development (CPD) due to the rapidly changing environment of maternity and healthcare. This enables me to keep updated with current guidelines, policies, reports and research to lead and educate my team of midwives and support staff to deliver safe and respectful maternity care. I lead on clinical audits to evaluate our service and seek areas where we can improve.

I have experience of working with the Care Quality Commission when they came to inspect my clinical area and delivered on their recommendations. I participate in Health Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) investigations and support staff who have had to give evidence of care. I complete ‘Datix’ investigations and participate in monthly Incident Review groups to discuss high-risk incidents and contribute to our learning as part of a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring learning is disseminated to the whole midwifery team.

I strive for kind, respectful, and safe maternity care and advocate that all women, birthing people, babies, and families have a safe, positive and memorable experience of their journey through our maternity service. Unfortunately, incidents and adverse outcomes can and do happen, and my passion lies in fostering a psychologically safe environment for staff and a ‘no blame’ culture, to ensure we learn from incidents and prevent them from happening again, both within our trust and further afield.

I understand the litigation process and my duties under the Civil Procedure Rules pertaining to expert witnesses and Part 35. Fundamental to my work as an expert witness is to consistently act with fairness and integrity, utilising my advanced clinical skill set and building upon my philosophy of delivering a high standard of safe, equitable and effective maternity care for all.

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